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Ep. 127: Does Productivity Diminish Leisure? (with Brad Stulberg)

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

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Are You Feeling Good Enough?

Most people actually perform better from a place of feeling good enough. If you feel like you have holes in your ego, ore youre fragile, or you're not on solid ground then whatever you're striving toward is going to become such a big part of your identity that it will feel like a strong need. So there are two ways to climb a mountain. One is to constantly be obsessing about the peak and worrying about are you going to be at the peak. The other way is to really try to be present for the journey. It sounds cliche but to focus on the process to be where you are.

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